By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy | October 27, 2023
The estate of an electrician who died after a 30-foot fall in the workplace received payment of a $5 million settlement in a Bergen County wrongful death suit, Roscitt v. Chefler Foods, on Oct. 15.
By Charles Toutant | October 23, 2023
The state is generally immune from suits, and the state's decisions concerning hiring judges are personnel decisions that are protected by the Tort Claims Act, the Attorney General's Office said in a court filing.
By Charles Toutant | October 18, 2023
An Essex County jury awarded $1.3 million on Sept. 29 in Terell v. Chitra to a woman who suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
By Colleen Murphy | October 16, 2023
"Even if we read the exclusion narrowly, its plain language applies to plaintiff's personal injury claims," the New Jersey Appellate Division said. "There is no ambiguity. In defining its coverage, the policy clearly states that the coverage applies unless an exclusion applies."
By Charles Toutant | October 13, 2023
Attacking the character or morals of a witness, when they are not in issue, is viewed as "a particularly reprehensible type of impropriety," the appellate panel found.
By Charles Toutant | October 3, 2023
A woman whose thumb was severed in a pit bull attack received a $1.62 million settlement in her Bergen County suit, Olsen v. Eleventh Hour Rescue,…
By Charles Toutant | September 29, 2023
Four pending suits are demanding more than $2 million in damages from Broan-Nutone over a March 2021 fire in a shopping center in Lakewood, New Jersey.
By Colleen Murphy | September 29, 2023
A Camden County jury awarded $1.3 million on Aug. 10 to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident in his claim filed against his own insurer for uninsured-motorist benefits.
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By Colleen Murphy | September 28, 2023
"First, let me begin by telling you what this case is not about," Steven M. Orlofsky, a partner with Blank Rome representing plaintiff AC Ocean Walk, said. "The defendants have what I call the 'scoreboard' approach. They have cited many state and federal cases from around the country which have decided these questions against policyholders. Those cases, while certainly entitled to consideration, are not dispositive."
By Charles Toutant | September 15, 2023
A driver who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a collision with a volunteer firefighter received payment of a $500,000 settlement in his Monmouth County suit.
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